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After the volumes dedicated to Vivaldi's great instrumental
cycles, La Stravaganza (2004), La Cetra (2012)
and L’Estro armonico (2015), English violinist Rachel
Podger continues her work with her Brecon Baroque ensemble to bring
out this version of the Four Seasons, which is rounded off
with three violin concertos. Brecon Baroque is an offshoot of the
festival of the same name that takes place every year at the end of
October, in Wales. A magical place at the confluence of two rivers,
where the spectacular countryside draws visitors every year in
their hundreds.
A passionate fan of the music of Vivaldi and Biber, Rachel Podger,
who studied in Germany, demonstrates through her performances just
how much the Red Priest's music (and her herself, following Biber)
can cloak itself in the mysterious and bizarre, to the point that
Vivaldi appears here as a distant descendant of the mannerists from
the late Renaissance and early Baroque period. This is a
particularly interesting and successful take.

Specializing in classical music, the Dutch label Channel Classics Records was founded in 1990 by C.Jared Sacks, a young American born in Boston, Massachusetts. Sacks obtained a complete musical education (receiving lessons on trumpet, piano, composition and conducting) at Oberlin Conservatory and then at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, alongside gaining fifteen years of experience as a hornist.
Then, in 1987, Sacks decided to focus more fully on his long-time hobby, sound recording, a passion that had driven him for many years. Due to his frustration at the fact that many classical interpretations were not as well recorded as he wished them to be, he decided to crea...